Cool Award!

Hello friends!
I hope you all had a great weekend! We had a great surprise to start our week happy, we got the Kreativ Blogger Award four times! Our sweet friends Salinger, The Pug Posse (all 7 of them!), Napoleon and Rukia, and Clemmie and Winston sent it to us. We are very honored because mom and I both love to be creative.


Rules:
List 6 things that make you happy. Pass the award on to 6 bloggers for Kreativ. Link to the blogger who gave you the award. Link to the blogs receiving the award. Notify the recipients.









1. Mom loves to read the stories on our friends' blogs and I am happy to be a part of their bloggy world. We are happy to have met wonderful people and doggies through here. Mom also enjoys trying to be creative everytime she writes on the blog. The comments on our blog makes us happy, too.

2. Mom loves to travel, but she is not very good at planning. Aunty likes to plan things for other people and thanks to her, mom and dad have travelled a lot. Mom is specially happy when she goes to Perú. I like to travel, too. I am very adventurous! Mom wishes she could go to more places with me but sometimes it is not possible. Our local pug meetup makes me happy, too and since it is a little far away, for me it counts as travelling!

3. Cooking makes mom happy, specially if other people eat and like her food. I am happy eating.

4. Mom is happy when she is able to decorate the house. She likes to play with the furniture and paintings and stuff until she gets the perfect layout.

5. Dancing makes mom happy. Unfortunately, dad doesn't dance and I am too small to dance with mom. She likes salsa, merengue, rock, trans... at this point, anything would be OK for her. When it is time for my meals or treats I am happy and I dance.

6. My mom is happy when she sees her family. I am happy when my family visit, too because I feel that I am loved by a huge crowd!

We would like to pass this award to:

Suki and Mojo, Nan & Aine, Clover, MeiMei & Miko, Jasper, and The Three Pugskateers.

Now, do you see this picture?

You'll be surprised to see what this paw was able to do. Tune in for the next chapter of "Working with the Snuggle Puggle"!

Pug & Pooches

Hi Friends!
I hope you all are ready for the weekend. Remember this park?


The one I went last week that is 62 miles away from home? Mom is taking me again tomorrow. I am so excited! There's an event called Pugs & Pooches WinterBark organized by Compasionate Pug Rescue.

Last weekend at the park was fun, there were lots of doggies and a wolf but NO PUGS!



I walked towards the other dogs with my usual gait.





I might have impressed all of the other doggies, with my sympathy and cuteness.





My sense of fashion was impressive, as well. I was the only one wearing clothes at the park!







We had a little family argument at the car, right after we left the park.



My parents drank yogurt and even though I cried, barked and whined my parents never seemed to understand that I wanted some. Instead, I got water. How could they think that I'll survive only with water between my meals and treats?


Luckily mom stopped at a place called Three Dog Bakery. They sell all sorts of cookies and cakes and yummy stuff! What did I get, you ask?



A fat free, low calorie, diet and light treat. It looks long, I know, but I only got to try a little piece. My treat lasted like 5 days, piece by piece.

What is wrong with you, mom?

Our New Diet & Foodie Friday Results

One of my goals for this year is to loose weight. I don't use the common ways for that. I don't diet and I don't use a scale. I just eat smaller portions and become selective of what I eat on a daily basis. If there's something I like and it is not very healthy or has lots of calories I will just eat a little bit. I am not good giving up on what I like!

This week I prepared Melissa's quinoa recipe. It was very easy and tasted very good. I added some peruvian pepper and more lime juice because I like to eat spicy. It is a very healthy and light meal so we both ate almost everyhing that night because I served it as the main dish, when it is supossed to be a side dish.



I also prepared Laura's brownies. It had been a while since the last time I had brownies. I don't like them very much because the ones I have tried (prepared by me, homemade by others or store brought) taste like cooking oil to me. Laura's recipe is very easy, there is little mess in the kitchen (unlike when I prepare other desserts), and the results are AMAZING! I liked the flavor a lot, but I have to confess I cheated a little bit. I don't like splenda or sugar substitutes so I added plain sugar. I also added butter instead of butter extract, but the same amount as in the recipe. I also used 3 eggs because I don't have egg beaters.

All in all, I think the results were pretty much the same as the original recipe. I don't have a small pan so I baked it on a big one (9"x13") and the brownies came out very thin. I planned to bring some to work because my coworkers wanted to try them (I told them the ingredients) but my husband and I have almost finished the whole pan! I will prepare them everytime I crave for brownies.




I also took pictures of other meals I have eaten this week. According to me, this is healthy eating.





Coco spent most of the week crying under the dinning table because my meals smell so good. He complains all he gets is water!

Working With the Snuggle Puggle

Good morning,
Here I am reporting my duties. Let me tell you, boss, that since the economy is going through a difficult time I had to work in fields I had never imagined before.
All I have to say now is that I am very proud of myself for being able to accomplish those tasks.



I liked working in the nursery.

Even though I had to carry countless pots.

Those pots were heavy, boss!

Another position I worked on, was as an Artisan Global Positioning System Operator (aGPSo). Yes, I am very good with directions and I barely get lost.

Keep straight for 100 yards.

Stay on the left lane. Turn left.

Turn right on the next corner.

This may seem an easy task but believe it or not, I had to pass several tests to be able to get the job.

I did very good, never went out of my path, and got to my final destination in no time!

The Day I Met a Wolf

Dear Friends,
I woke mom and dad early saturday jumping on top of their bellies. Mom said I was acting like a cat. They got ready quickly, had a cup of coffee with milk and left the house at 7:15 a.m. We almost got to the park on time, but mom confused left with right (she confused a lot of more things that day, seriously, she needs to use her brain a little more). So we got to the park at 9:30 a.m. instead of 9:00 a.m.

Guess what?




The park was empty!!!


It was freezing cold and the first thing mom thought was that everybody stayed cozy at home. Then she saw the information board. It was a big event, not a regular meetup, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on the 7th of February. Hmmmm... Then she saw her phone and noticed that it was the 31st of January that day. I can't believe I trust my mom with my schedule of events! At least we know how to get there and that we don't have to go THAT early!

Daddy wanted to leave right away. He was not properly dressed for such low temperatures. Mom was. Anyway, they chose to stay for a while, after all it was a very long drive.

The park was beautiful.

I was totally aware of everything. Look, mom thought I was going to hit the pole but I didn't!

I went around it, as I usually do with strange non-palatable objects.

I spent a lot of time exercising.


Right before I encountered the wolf.

Mom said it was not a wolf, but a Shiba Inu. Same thing for me!